EXIF Viewer & Remover
View and strip camera metadata, including location.
Drop images here or click to choose
JPG, PNG, WebP, GIF, BMP, ICO, TIFF, AVIF or HEIC. Files are processed in your browser and never uploaded. They stay in this browser until you remove them.
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Photos from phones and cameras carry EXIF metadata: the camera and lens, the settings, when the picture was taken and often the exact GPS position where it was taken. This viewer shows every entry in plain words, warns about what can identify you, and saves a copy without it — only the metadata goes, the image data is copied byte for byte. Your photos are read in your browser and never leave your device; it's free and needs no sign-up.
How to view and remove EXIF data
- Drop one or more photos anywhere on the page, paste one with Ctrl+V, or click to choose files. Photos you added in another image tool are already in the list, as they are now — one you edited and applied there has already lost its camera details and location. The sample photo shows how it works without a file of your own.
- Read the summary at the top: it lists the location, serial numbers or names the photo gives away. The full table below lists every entry.
- Choose what to remove — All metadata (the default) or Location only — and click Download to save the clean copy. With several photos, Download all (ZIP) saves every clean copy at once.
Features
- Reads EXIF, XMP, IPTC, ICC color profiles and PNG text in JPEG, PNG, WebP, GIF, TIFF, HEIC and AVIF files
- Flags what can identify you: location, serial numbers, names, unique IDs and computer names
- Removes all metadata or only the location (GPS coordinates and place names)
- Lossless for JPEG, PNG, WebP, GIF, HEIC and AVIF: the image data is copied byte for byte
- Shows where a photo was taken, with an optional link to OpenStreetMap
- Copy the metadata as text or as JSON
- Many photos at once, with the clean copies in one ZIP
Is it private?
Yes. The photo is read and cleaned inside your browser and never sent to a server; the photos you add stay in this browser until you remove them from the list. Only if you click Open in OpenStreetMap does that site receive the coordinates, which are in the link.
Frequently asked questions
How do I remove the location from a photo?
Drop the photo, choose Location only and click Download: the copy has no GPS coordinates and no place names, while the camera, the date and everything else stay. Choose All metadata to remove those too. Either way the picture itself isn't changed.
Does removing the metadata lower the quality?
No. For JPEG, PNG, WebP, GIF and almost every HEIC and AVIF file, the metadata is cut out of the file and the image data is copied unchanged, bit for bit. A TIFF keeps its image data too when only the location is removed. The few files that can't be cleaned this way — a TIFF with all metadata removed, or an unusual HEIC or AVIF — are saved again as a new PNG, or a JPEG for photos, only while “Re-encode files that can't be cleaned losslessly” is on, and the result says so before you download it.
What does Location only remove?
The GPS position — latitude, longitude, altitude, direction and GPS time — and place names such as the city or country written in XMP or IPTC. All metadata removes everything else too, keeping only the orientation and color profile so the photo looks the same.
Why remove the location before sharing a photo?
Because a phone's GPS position is usually accurate to a few meters, so a photo taken at home can show your address to anyone who gets the original file. Photos sent as files, by email or through cloud links keep their metadata unless it is removed.
Can I copy the metadata?
Yes. Copy as text gives a readable list you can paste anywhere, and Copy as JSON gives the full data for scripts. Ctrl+C copies the text when nothing else is selected on the page.